Orlando Magic vs. Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals Odds and Props: You know the suits in the NBA offices in New York must be disappointed they didn’t get their LeBron vs. Kobe matchup in the NBA Finals. It would have been good for sports gambling too. Just the hype would have added juice to the coffers offshore and in Las Vegas. But here’s the good new: You get Dwight vs. Kobe and from what we saw in the NBA Conference Finals, this might even be better matchup.  

The odds are now out at Sportsbook.com for the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic and we have four days to talk about it; hash it out; chew on the numbers and make our bets.

The Los Angeles Lakers are -260 moneyline format odds favorites on the Sportsbook.com betting board to win the best of seven games NBA Final’s series. Orlando Magic backers are getting +210 odds to win the series.

For Thursday’s Game-1, the Lakers are 6-chalk favorites over the Magic with a 206 total. Los Angeles is  a -280 favorite on the Sportsbook moneyline while Magic backers are getting +240 moneyline odds.

Sportsbook.com will be providing multitudes of betting opportunities on these NBA Final’s between the Magic and Lakers. While it’s still a little early and not all of the lines are posted, Sportsbook will be posting betting lines on series prices; series props; exact games; NBA Finals MVP (listed below) propositions; daily highest scorer; total game points; margin of victory, double result, highest scoring quarter; Dwight Howard props; Rashard Lewis props; Kobe Bryant props and Pau Gasol props.

Here is the list of players of which the NBA Finals MVP could emerge from and their odds of winning the honor.

Dwight Howard (Magic) +300
Hedo Turkoglu (Magic) +1600
Kobe Bryant (Lakers) -300
Lamar Odom (Lakers) +2000
Pau Gasol (Lakers) +700
Rashard Lewis (Magic) +1400
Trevor Ariza (Lakers) +1500
Field (any other player) +2000

The NBA Finals between the Magic and Lakers tips off Thursday at 9 p.m. ET at  Staples Center in Los Angeles. The series will be televised by ABC.

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